[George W. Bush]

Some excellent points here. I'll highlight in my ping post.

[Reaganesque]

I have to wonder if some rich Democrats are donating money to him to prop him up in hopes of damaging the eventual Republican nominee. This is the type of thing Soros and friends would do. I have no evidence of this, just a feeling.

[George W. Bush]

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To touch the high points:

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• Ron Paul has always been a Republican, never a Libertarian. Even when he agreed to run as the Libertarian candidate in 1988, he never joined them and he never left the GOP. He has related that he contacted the RNC chairman who then talked him out of resigning from the GOP. This is one of the few mentions of this fact in print. We constantly see the accusation that he is a Libertarian pretending to be a Republican. To the contrary, Dr. Paul is and has always been a Republican. In 1988, he did let the Libertarians pretend he was a Libertarian but even then his positions, especially his pro-life position, were never compromised in the slightest. Ron Paul is a consistent lifelong Republican.
  
  
• The fundraising total is now at $7.62M. As the article points out, it is now conceivable that Ron Paul may have more money than any other Republican in the race when the primaries begin. As of today and given his frugal spending and his $5.3 cash-on-hand at the end of Q3, it is almost certain he has over $10 million in cash-on-hand today. And his fundraising is continuing strongly despite the huge effort by supporters only two days ago.
  
  
• Ron Paul may well affect the entire GOP race and the general election, given how powerful his message has become. Less principled politicians may not agree with him, may not have a longstanding and consistent record. But those congresscritters and other Beltway creatures are impressed by fundraising and by fervent supporters and self-generating grassroots organizations.

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An outstanding article. In its footnote, it does parrot the common American misunderstanding about the use of Guy Fawkes Day for the Paulian fundraising push. No matter, this article is well worth reading and is thoughtful and well-written as most anything from CSM is.

The startling result of the Guy Fawkes moneybomb and especially the continuing strength of fundraising over the last day indicates that Dr. Paul's campaign has achieved critical mass and could grow explosively.

[PROCON]

Aluminum tin foil hats are at an all time high on the big board??

[willgolfforfood]

Ron is one of the very last guys I'd vote for in the primaries. You could put McCain and JulieAnny in that category, as well.

I think there is a very large group of "Leave Me Alone" people in this country, enamored with his message. People tired of tax codes that take up shelves of space, and they know they can't take the time or spend the money to make this work for them. So they understand that it has to work against them, instead.

People tired of unelected public bureaucrats determining if they can clear brush on their ranch, or tired of the same government regulators mandating that toilets can only flush 1.6 gallons. People tired of anti-smoking NAZI's. [I don't smoke] People as old as me who remember Reagan talking about FREEDOM and LIBERTY, like he really believed in the concepts, not like he was just giving lip service to them at the 17th campaign stop of the day.

We don't have NEARLY enough Republicans - not in the House, not in the Senate, and not running to be the next President - who present this message: I'm going to Washington to make every bureaucrat there leave you the Hell ALONE!

And we really need to asking ourselves why that is. These should be natural Republicans, people.

[Eric Blair 2084]

Some Paul supporters object to the label "libertarian," arguing that his opposition to abortion rights does not fit some libertarians' view on the issue.

That line is total bullshit. A REAL libertarian understands that government exists to protect life and liberty. If Gubmint allows people to "legally" stick sharp objects into the skull of a crying infant they have failed miserably in their job.

That IS their job. To protect their citizens life. Not to perform social engineering or redistribute wealth.

[GSWarrior]

Ron Paul may well be the best candidate in the field. I am not sure he would make the best president out of all the candidates that are running, however.

[fortheDeclaration]

I noticed on the FR poll regarding pro-life candidates that Ron Paul’s name wasn’t on it-what gives?

[SunkenCiv]

Gosh, it wouldn’t be coming from outside the country, would it? Maybe, say, Riyadh?